p. 19 "It may be an easy thing to make a Republic, but it is a very laborious thing to make Republicans; and woe to the Republic that rests upon no better foundations than ignorance, selfishness, and passion."
SS Curriculum envinces goal (the arts too)
equal treatment
promoted by common school (no leveling)
removed religion
mainstream special ed
equal access: provide schools for all, higher ed too
Social Efficiency
vocationalism
practical education, "needs of employers"
lofty (president) to practical (fill jobs)
logical economic success; education as investment in society's needs
stratified school structure
words toward greater inequality
tracking/leveling
learning at all levels
Social Mobility
credentials to get ahead
educational consumers, individual status stressed
education as a private good
benefits are selective and differential
promotes stratification
graded hierarchy
qualitative differences of institutions
opportunities in each institution
move up v. maintain status (differing perspectives of those of this perspective)
intense competition
affordability
extrinsic value (from learning and acquiring) in a job
Table of Contents
Democratic Equality
Social Efficiency
Social Mobility
Historical Patterns of Goal Ascendancy